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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05

as matter of satisfaction 10 both his friends
and his enemies. with thu result that he has
just been elected with larger Majority than
auy senator from Minnesota ever received.
In person Davis Is a fine looking man. tall,
stout. with a face that would anywhere ex-
cite interest lie looks great deal like Ben
Butler, and himself tells good story about
this resemblance. Two wears ago the gov
ernor and his wife went down to Florida 10
spend part Of the winter. On their way
back they stopped at the Fifth Avenue hotel
in New York. Those familiar with the Fifth
Avenue will remember the long table at the
right of the dining room door. One night,
as the governor and his wife were usherei
into the dining room, the waiter placed the
governor at the head of this long table On
looking up, Davis saw at the foot of the
table Ben Butler. Just beginning his meal.
In few minutes there was a STIR all over the
dining room. every body at the table looking
from Butler To Davis and from Davi, 10 But
Ter. Butler. who was busted with his meal.
did not notice the matter The Davises. who
were waiting for theirs, could hardly be un-
conscious of IT. The scene was chmaxed
finally by 4 clerical looking old gentleman,
who stepped over 10 Davis side, begged his
pardon and said that he did not know before
that ten. Butler had son So old as he and
who 50 much res rmbled him
J. A. TRUESDELL.
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900. As he was attorney during the
whole time he must have received a consider
able part of At. Larger fees were paid in Ne
vada than have ever been paid anywhere
else The courts Of California were for a
time deserted, the lawyers all going 10 Ne
yada Judge 'faniamin u Curtis resigned
his seat on the supreme court bench TO accept
an annual salary of $4,000 for his legal ser
vices in this most complex litigation. 1t is
recorded n IA matter ut history that Senator
Stewards professional income when the Com
stock excitement was at Its highest WAS not
less than S20O,0o0 year. The Belcher Min
ing company for a single fee gave him 100
feet of their claim, which he sold for SlOo,-
OOO Stewart stood easily at the head OF the
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05
HOW DAKOTA WAS SETTLED.
The Present Distribution of Population
North and south Dakota.

NAHKToN, Jan. 29-Omitting the French
voyageurs and Bols Brules, the first perma-
nent settlers of Dakota were Americans
in the southeast corner. Immedidiately
after them came many thousand Scandi-
navians and they now have majority
in five southern counties, the Norwegians
predominating They acquire the English
language more rapidly than other foreigners,
are enthusiastic for schools and churches,
and are an excellent class of citizens The
Mennonites came almost in a body. They are
of German blood, bu, had lived century or
more in Russia; they are in colonies in this
and al djacent counties, are noticeable class
on the streets of this city, and are commonly
called "RoozhaRs" In the extreme northeast
a good class Of Canadian Liberals control two
or three counties In Douglass county is a
large colony Of Hollanders. And OF all the
foregoing peoples there are scattered residents
in many counties, while Irish, English and
Germans. here as well as elsewhere, are
diffused in che general population. Four
hundred miles north of this place, in the
western part of Pembina county, Is a colony
Of IceianderS. Surrounding all these colonies
everywhere are the native Americans. who
are still majority of the whole.
ne Scutpl anu TERRITORIAL census OF lSSD
made the population 4l6, 900: and tie officials
tell me that nearly all the good land in the
southeastern division is taken. But many
million acres of very fine land remain open
TO pre-emption in the north, some especially
fine not far north of Bismarck This
place is located at the northwestern
corner OF continuous settlement In
deed, if a diagonal line were drawn
from northeast to southwest through Bis
marck, nineteeu-twentieths of the people
would be on the southeastern side of that
line; and unless | AM badly misinformed as
to the climate and soil of the northwest, the
child is not born who will live to see one
fourth OF DaSota's population on the other
side Of the supposed diagonal. The people,
as YOU know. have, therefore, simplified the
question bv dividing the lerritory-in their
minds. The southern half they call Dakota,
the northern Huron or Pembina-or North
Dakota-latter preferred This plan has not,
however, yet been approved by congress, as
ySo probably know. j. C. D.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05

The genuin. diamond backs com. from the
upper Chesapeake and its tributaries The
fatuXent river Is a great place for them In
Baltimore they are sold by the dealers and by
street merchants. Several cOlored men do a
gCNd business, and their only stock Is dozen
OF .wo Of the reptiles, lying torpidlv on their
la ks along the edge of a street The best
te:'rapin for eating purposes measure six
inches. They are called counts" They
should be freshly caught. The male terrapn
Is known as a bull" and the female t.rrapin
as n cow The female is the better be-
cause She contains about two dozen eggs. and
these eggs add greatly TO the dish when
cooked
The men who hunt the terrapin are called
pruwlers. They have several ways Of cap
turing the adrs.t and elusive reptile They
often profit by the terrapinS CURIOSITY They
vii! anchor their low gunnelei skIfs IN a
quiet nook, wait in silence for few moments
and then rap sharply on the side of the boat.
II teiTapIn is III that ncighborhood he will
invariably come 10 the surface TO see what
the noise Is about, and there he finds hand
net ready To rob him of his freedom. A fay-
oilte method Is TO take three pronged stick,
something oI the order of Neptune's trident.
except that the prongs are placed am l.
hrly, and then proceed TO prod the stick into
the mud. When he feels something move he
reaches down III the water and hauls forth a
diamond back Dredges are also used with
SGcceSa
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05

WASHINGTON. Jan. Silt Is surprising
what little thing It takes To amuSe the great
big public from Maine 10 California. IL Is
doubtful If monkey IN anybody else's family
would have made 80 nuCh fun a. the little
marmoSet which Mrs Cleveland bought few
weeks ago has made in the executive house
hold. Everybody who goes TO the White
House asks to see the monkey, and III few
short weeks the cunuIlg little animal. which
had hitherto lived in wicker cage, has
acquired an almost world-w wide fame. Ii is
little gray brown beast. with pink face and
long. soft tail. Callers at the White House
describe il as a wonderfully bright and anus
ing little pet. II spends most Of its time in
the upstairs portion of the house, but in
the evening Is allowed 10 play a spell
in the Red room. where the president
and his wife sitting 10y their own fire
side, admit Hector. the poodle. and the
monkey 10 their companIonshIp. Few of the
common herd of people have seen the monkey,
but special friends Df the president and his
wife come away telling very amusing stories
OF how the president unbends from his dignity
and allows the monkey 10 perch on his
shoulder as he pufrs his evening cigar and
scans the newspapers. Hector. the pretty
French poodle. given her by the agent OF the
Hamburg Steamship company hast summer
before her departure from Europe, is now a
very well behaved dog. When he came to
the White House he could only understand
French and it wass only after a number of
pretty thorough whippings from St Clair,
the presidents valet. and severe seedlings
from Bobbette, Mrs. Clevelands French
maid, that he could he ir.sde to forsake his
mother tongue and take lessons in English.
The election Of ex-senator Stewart, of Ne
vada, 10 the enate brings back to Washing
ton society the mistress of the old Stewart
crstle on Dupont circle Senator Stewart
ana lie noted Wit, Jim Nye, were the first
two senators from Nevada Stewart went
out in '69. He was then tall. heavy, brown
bearded man, regarded as a very good law
yer, and. an exception TO the usual rule of
Pacific coast senators. was an eloquent
speaker He is now nearly twenty years
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05

The laws of Missouri upon the admittance
Of persons As patients to the insane asylum
are so lax that it Is possible FOR perfectly
sane person to he confined among maniaCs
and made TO suffer untold tOrInents. So
liable, indeed, are mistakes TO occur that
nineteen cases Of the kind developed last year
alone. Let US say policeman finds a man
on the street acting. as he thinks, strangely.
He bustles him off in the hoodum wagon 10
the station. and the fact that the prisoner
swears a good deal is taken As further eyi-
dence that he is dangerous. 4 health depart
ment physician is summoned and examines
the supposed crazy man by talking TO him
through the bars Of his cell The man i
aggrieved, and continues stubborn and vio-
lent in his denunciations of the men who
have made him the trouble The physician
is liable TO think him insane, and SO reports.
A permit is at once made out, and the poor
devil is sent TO the asylum. The more he
protests be Is sane, the more the authorities
believe he is insane After some DAYS of con
finement, however. he is examined calmly by
nu expert, and found TO be perfectly rational
1t ought not 10 be so easy TO get a man pro
nounced insane. In most states II is purely
judicial function. and the Judgment of insan-
ity is pronounced only by u SECRETARY
Of Board OF Hsalth IN Globe Democrat
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05
The Star Spangled Banner.

The only changes Of consequence that have
been made in the Star Spanglei Banner since
the time it was first sung are in the follow
ing:
And where is the band who 50 Iauntingiy
swOre
Mid the havoc of war and the battles con
fusion,
\ home and country they'd leave US no
more.
Til, ir blood hath washed out their foul foot
steps pollution.
As originally written these lines read:
And where is that ba Il who 50 vauntinglv
swore
That the havoc Of war and the battles con
fusion,
A home and country should leave Us no
more.
Their blood has washed out their foul foot
steps pollution.
In the same verse the line "banner in
triumph shall wave" originally read doth
wave" and The fifth linz Then conquer We
must fer our cause 1t is just read Then CON
guer We must when our cause 1t Is Just
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05
Brief Period of Mourning.

\ society man who was invited recently
TO a fashionable ball declined to 20 because
he was i'll mourning. The man who had
extended the invitation was astOnished
two weeks later 10 receive from his ac-
qUaintance in mourning request 10 at
teud a private ball which he proposed
giving al his own house. The man met
his friend in mourning on the avenue
that afternoon and greeted him with the
question
thought you We're in mOurning>
"No, no. | was in mourning Tor fifteen
days
" For fifteen days Who was that for?''
My brother-in law. The fellow wasn't
worth any more"
The witty paragrapher will take this
story, substitute mothcr-in-law for broth
er-in-law, and then il will travel around
the country.-New York Mail and Ex-
press.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05

Bat these are not the only giants this great
water system boasts Away over on the west
side, four miles distant, is another house full OF
iron workers quite as big and strong. Whence
do they get the water they pump: Through
another tunnel Chicago is as fond of tun-
nels as Of water or beer. Running
right under the heart of the city from the
shore end of the two lake tunnels to the west
side pumping house, right under the Sherman
house, the 100000 city hall ana scores of
business blocks, is a tunnel five feet in diane
ter, through which a young river Of loo, COO
600 gallons volume flows daily. The congress
OF the Unite" States has voted many gener-
Gus slices of the public money 10 "improye for
purposes Of navigation" streams much smaller
than this one.
The present capacity of Chicago's water
system is l5O001,cS gallons daily, about
equal TO New Works supply, and exceeding
in quantity that Of London or Paris or Phila-
delphia, or any other city in the world save
New York. Already Chicago's water works
have cost 81, 600, 600. and are one of the won
ders OF this wonderful city, but more tunnels
are to be dug and still other pumping giants
to be erected. When Chicago sets herself
about it she can do almost anything, except
close her gambling houses
WALTER WELLMAN
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right or not Will probably never he deter

right or not viii probably never De neter-
mined.
Electricity, by the way, is taking up good
deal of attention in the metropolis Just now,
as indeed, it is everywhere, for that matter
The attempt 10 lay the telegraph. telephone
and electric light wires under ground, and the
complications, political and practical, that
have met the subway commission at every
step, will by and bye be recorded in pages of
scientific and political history.
The most interesting electrical matter at
present before the people here Is the attempt
that is being made by one Of the sur
/ face roads t. run its cars by the
aid of the subtle current. Conflicting stories
are told of the progress of the work. Most
schemes for the utilization Of electricity as
locomotive power include the transmission OF
the fluid to the motor through the rails. 1t
would seem that If this plan he afopted in
street railway, here would he great danger
to horses, unless the current should be OF
much lower 'nsion than that employed for
/ lighting purposes
! The electricians have been working for
/ wears al the problem Of electric LOGON otion,
and there is little doubt that the fortunate
inventor who reduces the refractory problem
TO practice will he received with open arms
by the railroad people of the whole world.
They would gladly subs 'tute Tor the NOISY,
buStling, dirty steam engine some other
motor-light, noiSeless and clean. btt 10 be
acceptable tins motor must be as chealls run
as a steam engine, and there, fancy heS the
chief difficulty. III Is quite possible 10
make electric motors w"rk-in tac1,
hundreds ana may I've thousands Oh
them are now In use IN places where very
.
4 light power Is required. But the Iheihlcai
| production OF the current Is matter OF very
great expense, 80 great indeed as 10 oe
prohlbltory. Ana IN the transformation ol
power INTO electllclty there Is 50 iarge
waste as 10 make this method hiuch more
expensive thah steam
And TINS brlhss one I" the Pfo"ieih oi
RAPID transit IN TINS pig 'ity. III is tar from
being satisfactorily solved AT present. Inc
trains on the elevated roads are constantly
cloSged. 1t Is not unusual Tor one TO nave
to allow TWO or even three trans 70 pass De
/ fore getting chance 10 board the cars. ihs
big bridge between mere ana brooklyn VIII
in short time be quite inadequate I" accom-
/ modate the people VINO want 10 cross e.
I Already the hrlhSe trains are PACKED 10 an
agonizinS degree during ooth the eafiy
morning ana the iate afternoon hours' thi
the loads put upon tue DIG capie the otter
day were So heaNS that the engine was cnok-i
down ana the people hah 10 walt OF walk ior
a round hah hour' ondergronnd railroads.
electrically operated, VIII soon be a necessity
in View ork-
| new wee mas arisen "hich Is rapidly 1as-
p.g hold OF legislators, newspaper correspond
'nts ana other great men. IL Is calien the
/ dry smoke, ana POSSESSES all Ihe 'iehlehls
OF the legitimate smoke Dry smokers are at
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bar His fees were big, but his labor WIS
prodigious and uutiring night and dag.
" hen he once took hold Of n case he deter
mined Ia win II nt any cost. His memory is
50 good that he has never been obliged to take
notes during the proEreS. Of a suit, and no
matter how tortuouS md complex a case
might he il was alway; straight and clear to
Kim While he was n scholarly and eloquent
man, he always bent his speech 70 the level Of
his hearers He was famous for his faculty
Of clear statement, and juries seldom failed
to he convinced 10y him Stewart was one of
the incorporators of the Sutro Tunnel com
pany. and for some time was it's president.
The return of the Stewarrs 10 Washington
will probably derive the Chinese embassy.
now living in Stewart castle, Of n very pleas
ant home. They rent it for $4,000 a year of
Mrs Stewart. who has been irving for several
years 70 sell the mansion. The senator has
not been a millionaire for a number Of years,
and II Is doubtful if he could count himself
now worth over Sl'0nn. Since his retire
ment from the senate he has been practicing
law in San Francisco. \ year ago he moved
10 Carson City, NeN.. TO secure legal resi-
dence in the state with n view to his reelec-
ton t. the s.'nate In the flare up of mining
stocks month ago the senator's son-in-law,
Mr. Hooker. failed. and il Is said that Stewart
himself lost considerable: 81 that it is not
likely that Mrs. Stewart will cut such
prominent social figure rs She did when her
husband was here before.
The election of Ex-Governor Davis, of Min
nesota, 10 the senate viii do great deal To
restore 10 that body something of its old time
intellectual brilliancy. The new senator is
young man and has spent all his life in the
law. He was the youngest governor the
state of Minnesota ever had, having been
elected To that high honor when he was but
b years old His administration was noted
for its reforms, and his popularity grew 50
rapidly that lac became Il candidate for the
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05
A STRANGER IN GOTHAM.
Things EIectricaI-Rap:d Transit-Somo
Other Matters.

NEW YORK, Jan. SI.-The killing of man
by contact with an electric light wire at a
fire the other day has stimulated an inquiry
as TO whether electric light wires cannot he
handled in such a way a. 10 render it some
what less dangerous to touch them. But
little is likely to bc accomplished in that
direction, fear Men who have TO cut wires
should never Use pliers that have naked iron
handles There is ordinarily little danger if
the precaution Of using only wooden covered
handles be observed The last unfortunate
victim neglected it. But the company that
employed him declares he was not killed by
the shock, but Dy his fall from the pole to
which he WAS ciinCing. Wss:sc< t=sT wore
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05

United States sen
ate against Old Gov
ernor Ramsey. The
contest was "A bitter
one in whichre e.th,r
succeed ed and
Judge NJ { MILAN
was elected. Sev-
eral times since lis
friends ha &c urged
him t. become a
can didate. but
Davis has uniform
ly declined. This
time he determined
70 ta a candidate
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In summer the crib has many visitors
And 1t is then a very pretty place Within
the huge walls and over the deep well are
climbing vines, and birds and honey bees, and
the sunlight streaming down through a broad
glass roof. At the visitors feet are two
patches of bubblng water--the fountain heads
of Chicago's water supply. Ninety five feet
beiow the surface the water is LET in, and
what a lot of il. He who stands an hour
amid the bloSsoming vines which garnish this
wonderful fountain heai, will prove himself
indeed fond of mathematics if he pause TO
calculate that IN that time lake 200 feet
square and Ii feet deep-large and deep
enough for the biggest ship i'll port to turn
round in-has started on its Journey to the
faucets of Chicago.
Let us follow this food for moment Ii
flows through the tunnels TO the shore,
directly beneath the pumping house. Here
six great engines are almost constantly at
work lifting the water up to the tall tower,
whence it falls through the COO miles
Of mains throughout the city This is
all very simple, and Vet on so great a
scale that it almost takes ores breath
away. The engines are of 5,CG0 horse
power Ore of them--the Brobdingnag-
alone pumps more water than the entire city
used fifteen years ago. Its working beams
are IS feet long, and the huge fly wheel is 26
feet in diameter. The periphery Of this
wheel travels 10 miles an hour, and every
time it goes round it marks the lifting 100
feet high OF nearly 5000 gallons of water
Just think of it, 81 barrels of water at one
fell swoop. When we were boy, we thought
the windmill out on the farm was doing some
pretty lively pumping when it raised enough
water in an hour for a dozen cows to drink
And this is such an industrious old monster,
too. 1t goes right along, night and day,
never getting sick or tired. For seventeen
months. the proud engineer tells me, this
engine has not stopped for any cause what
aver
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05

Indian School Superintendent John B.
Riley says quietly in his annual report
that it is not Creditable to us as a nation
that so much money should be used t.
keep the Indian in subsection while su
little is expended To improve his condi-
ton" The figures Of the last fiscal year
are, in round numbers, Sl7, 1000, 900 for
warning against the red man and SO 900,
900 maintaining, civilizing and educating
him. York Graphic.
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CHICAGO'S WATER WORKS
HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF A
BIG ENGINEERING WORK.
Aqua Pura Pumped from the Lake Into
the Big city Of the West i'm Enor-
nous Gus utities-stni More Water
Needed.


CHICAGO, Feb. Twenty years or more
ago Chicago tapped Lake Michigan with
tunnel. five feet in diameter and reaching
two miles from shore Later on second
tunnel, seven feet in diameter, was dug along
side the first one. OF course, there had 10 be
something out in the lake to protect the ends
of the tunnel from ice and for the shafts to
find lodgment in. So the engineers con-
structei a big structure on shore, a great
five-sided concern as high as four StOried
house, built of the heaviest timbers, and
strengthened with go tons of iron bolts When
completed they towed the ungainly thing out
into the lake and, locating it at the ends of
the tunnels, threw thousands of tons Of rocks
into the compartments provided for that pur-
pose. this weight causing it to settle TO the
bottom There it has stood ever since,
through wind and storm. This is the water
works crib. which every visitor has pointed
out To him "a he rides along the shore. Of
course there is a keeper of this crib, a man
who lives out there all the year round with
his family. 1t Is not a pleasant place to live
in winter The old crib has n habit Of quak
ing in n storm which must be trying to the
nerves Of its denizens, and the grinding Of ice
against its sides often makes roar exceeding
in hideousness that Of Chicago political con
vention. At such times the crib appears to
one stationed upon it to lie an immense plow
moving through the ice. The stability of the
structure has been often questioned, and
after severe storm, dwellers on the lake
shore have risen in the morning expecting TO
find its debris beating upon the beach. But
our crib is still there,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05
CUPID.

silly Cupid steals behind,
To the Sant white n4antel clinging:
Legend SAYS that he Is G:iGd-
Knows moi where his tiight he's winsiDs.
Cupid laughs merry peal;
Right ami isti his darts are flying;
Human hearts strange fortunes feel
Think OF Iayr tEey must he dying
Here's youth, and there's maid;
Rich and p"ur- the prince, the pcasant
To his nets alike have strayed;
Find alike tn, m,'shcs pleasant
Low. has l'ut one rule for all:
Faith and truth shall conquer s,er;
One r.vart r great and small;
Crown Ct Joy that fadeth never.